CURRICULUM VITAE
TAKASHI YAMAZAKI
March 2024
Office:
Department of Geography, Graduate School and Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Sugimoto Campus, Osaka Metropolitan University. 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585 Japan.
Email: yamataka@omu.ac.jp
Web Site: https://polgeog.jp/ (in Japanese)
Date of Birth: September 21, 1961
Gender: Male
Nationality: Japanese
Educational History:
Ph. D. University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A., 2004 (Geography)
M.A. Kyoto University, Japan, 1989 (Geography)
B.A. Kyoto University, Japan, 1985 (Geography)
Awards and Scholarships:
The Best Article Award (by the Human Geographical Society of Japan), 2002.
Dissertation Enhancement Award (American Association of Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group), 2001.
Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Study, 1998-2001.
Professional History ([E] = in English, [J] = in Japanese):
Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University (formerly Osaka City University), 2022-present. [J]
Director, University Media Center (Library), Osaka City University, 2015-2022 [J]
Guest Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2015-2017 [J] [E]
Vice Director, University Media Center, Osaka City University, 2010-2015 [J]
Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, 2008-2021. [J]
Associate Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University, 2001-2008. [J]
Associate Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Yamaguchi Prefectural University, 1996-1999. [J]
Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of International Studies, Yamaguchi Women’s University (currently Yamaguchi Prefectural University,) 1994-1996. [J]
Geography Assistant, Department of Geography, Kyoto University, 1990-1994. [J]
Part-time Teacher, Doshisha Junior High School, 1989-1990. [J]
Current Research Interests:
Political Geography: Militarization/Demilitarization in postwar Okinawa; geopolitics of the Japan-US alliance; political geographies of islands in East Asia; and the postwar development of Japanese political geography.
Selected Publications since 2010 ([J] = in Japanese, [E] = in English):
Books
Yamazaki, T. ed. 2022. Doing Political Geographies: Methodologies of Political Geography. Nakanishiya Shuppan, iv + 236p. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2013. Space, Place, and Politics: Towards “A Geography of Politics” 2nd Edition. Nakanishiya Shuppan, vii + 231p. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2010. Space, Place, and Politics: Towards “A Geography of Politics.” Nakanishiya Shuppan, vi + 210 p. [J]
Book Chapters
Yamazaki, T. 2024. Political geographies in cities. Abe, K. ed. Urban Geography Research in Japan, Kokon-shoin, 281-295. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic and bio/geopolitics in Japan. In Stanley Brunn and Donna Gilbreath eds. COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2327-2344. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2022. Spatial practices countering risks. In Katsuyuki Takenaka ed. Perspectives of Human Geography. Mineruva Shobo, 162-178. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2018. Maritime trade and geopolitics: the Indian Ocean as Japan’s sea lane. In Robert C. Kloosterman, Virginie Mamadouh and Pieter Terhorst eds. Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization. Edward Elger, Cheltenham Glos, UK, 388-401. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2017. The reinstitutionalization of island identities in Japan. In D. Kaplan and G. Herb eds. Scaling Identities: Nationalism and Territoriality. Rowman & Littlefield, 185-201. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2017. From inter-state to multi-scalar political geographies: an East Asian perspective. In Y. Liu ed. Towards New Political Geographies: Bridging East and West. China Review Academic Publishers, Hong Kong, China, 22-40. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2017. “Osaka Metropolis Plan” as the politics of re-scaling. In M. Sato and Y. Maeda eds. Local Governance and Region. Nakanishiya Shuppan, 82-103. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2015. Reading politics from geopolitical discourses. In K. Takenaka et al. eds. Introduction to Human Geography. Minerva Shobo, 123-142. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2014. The territorial trap from a political geographic perspective. In A. Iwashita ed. The Illness Called Territory: A Prescription for Border Nationalism. Hokkaido University Press, 7-26. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2014. Koza as a military/civil border city. In T. Tani et al. eds. Continuity and Transformation of Okinawan Society: The Current State of the Okinawan. Minerva Shobo, 218-242. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2011. The US militarization of a ‘host’ civilian society: the case of post-war Okinawa, Japan. In S. Kirsch and C. Flint eds. Reconstructing Conflict: Integrating War and Post-War Geographies. Ashgate, 253-272. [E]
Refereed Journal Articles
Yamazaki, T. 2024. Contextualizing borders in East Asia: an introduction. Geopolitics 29(2): 359-373. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2020. COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: containment failed or successful? Geopolitica(s) 11 (special issue): 81-91. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2017. Yoichi Shibata Geopolitics and the Japanese Empire. Shirin (The Journal of History) 100(5): 79-85. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2013. The circulation of academic knowledge and the role of open access journals. Johogaku (Journal of Infomatics) 10(1): 45-66. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2010. The historical representation of place in the military base town of Koza: the “reassessment” of US military presence as a developmental resource. Journal of Urban Culture Research 1: 190-199. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2010. Mayor Oyama’s politics and the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands. Jinken mondain kenkyu (The Journal of Human Rights) 10: 5-22. [J]
Non-Refereed Full Articles
Yamazaki, T. 2018. From geopolitics to a political geography of “peace and environment”: Thirty-five years of IGU Commission on Political Geography. Gakujutu no doko (Orientations of the Academia) 23(7): 24-29. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2018. The politics of Okinawa Prefecture seen from “geopolitics.” Chiri (Geography) 63(3): 38-45. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2017. A note on the outlooks of geopolitics. Gendai-shiso (Modern Thoughts) 45(18): 51-59. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2017. How we can teach political geography: using election results. Rekishi-to-Chiri (History and Geography) 703: 1-9. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2016. Plural “Okinawa” as seen from elections: where were public opinions revealed? SYNODOS-Shinodosu (online). [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2016. Borders, territories, and “the territorial trap”: for the understanding of concepts. Chiri (Geography) 61(6): 88-96. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2014. “Center” and “periphery” in the state: the division of Okinawa as seen in political-party conflicts. α-SYNODOS 162/163 (online). [J]
Yamazaki, T., Takagi, A., Kitagawa, S., and Kagawa, Y. 2013. Reemerging political geography in Japan. Jinbun-chiri (Japanese Journal of Human Geography) 64(6): 72-94. [E]
Yamazaki, T. 2012. Geographies of scale/rescaling and the possibility of empirical research in Japan. Chiiki-shakaigakkai-nenpo (Annals of the Association of Region and Community Studies) 24: 55-71. [J]
Yamazaki, T. 2011. Osaka Metropolis Plan as seen from the discourse analysis of the meetings between Osaka Prefecture Governor and Osaka City Mayor. Shisei-kenkyu (Journal of Municipal Research) 173: 84-94. [J]
Activities in the Academic Circle ([E] = in English, [J] = in Japanese):
Executive director (for planning and public relations) of the Human Geographical Society of Japan (2022-present) [J]
Chief organizer of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Thematic Conference Osaka 2023 (2021-present) [E]
Scientific Committee member of the International Geographical Congress in Paris (2021-22) [E]
Associate member of the Science Council of Japan (2020-present) [J]
Member of the Advisory Board of the International Geographical Union Commission on Political Geography (2017 to present) [E]
Scientific Committee member of the IGU Thematic Conference on Geographies for Peace in La Paz, Bolivia (2017) [E]
Scientific Committee member of the IGU Commission on Political Geography Pre-conference: International Forum on Frontiers of Political Geography, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China (2016) [E]
Councilor of the Human Geographical Society of Japan (2004-08, 2012-2016) [J]
Representative of the Political Geography Research Group, the Human Geographical Society of Japan (2011-2015) [J] [E]
Local representative of the Association of Japanese Geographers (2006-08, 2010-12, 2014-18, 2022-present) [J]
Co-chair of the International Geographical Union Commission on Political Geography (2014-2016) [E]
Steering Committee member of the International Geographical Union Commission on Political Geography (2004-2016) [E]
Organizing Committee member of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference (2011-13) [J] [E]
Co-chair of the Research Committee 15 on Political and Cultural Geography, the International Political Science Association (2007-12) [E]
Editorial Board member of the journal Geopolítica(s) (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) (2019-prsent) [E]
International Editorial Board member of the Journal of Geographical Research (Department of Geography, National Taiwan Normal University) (2019-present) [E]
Editorial Board member of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space (Sage, U.K.) (2017-present) [E]
Editorial Board member of Political Geography (Elsevier, U.K.) (2006-present) [E]
Editorial Board member of Geopolitics (Taylor & Francis, U.K.) (2014-present, Co-editor 2018-22) [E]
Editorial Board member of UrbanScope (Osaka City University Urban-Culture Research Center, Japan) (2009-2015, Editor-in-Chief 2009-2012) [J] [E]